A breast cancer client has just learned that her tumor clinical stage is T3, N2, M0. After the physician leaves, the client asks the nurse to explain this to her again. The nurse will use which of the following statements in his or her answer? Your:
A) Tumor is very small and has zero number of mitoses.
B) Tumor has metastasized to at least three distal sites and you have cancer in your lymph nodes.
C) Tumor is large and at least two lymph nodes are positive for cancer cells.
D) Extent of disease is unknown, but it looks like your cancer has stayed intact and not spread to the bloodstream.
Ans: C
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Tumor staging groups clients according to the extent and spread of the disease, using the TNM (tumor, node, and metastasis) system. In the TNM system, T1, T2, T3, and T4 describe tumor size, N0, N1, N2, and N3, lymph node involvement; and M0 or M1, the absence or presence of metastasis.
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